NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8710

Senate Bill S8710

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims in airports

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9406 - Signed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 20, 2022	signed chap.389
Jul 11, 2022	delivered to governor
Jun 01, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1674 substituted for s8710
Jun 01, 2022	substituted by a9406
May 31, 2022	ordered to third reading cal.1674 committee discharged and committed to rules
Apr 01, 2022	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 1, 2022 - Floor Vote
  A9406
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2022
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  May 31, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8710
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 31, 2022
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Ritchie
      
      absent (1)
      
      O'Mara

co-Sponsors

2021-S8710 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9406
Law Section:: Transportation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §14-n, Transp L

2021-S8710 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims in airports; provides that such provisions shall not apply to any airport operated by a bi-state authority; defines terms.

2021-S8710 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8710

SPONSOR: BROUK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to information
concerning services for human trafficking victims in commercial service
airports

 
PURPOSE:

To require airports to provide information concerning services for human
trafficking victims in public restrooms.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 14-n to the transportation law to require
commercial service airports and general aviation airports to make infor-
mational cards or signs available in public restrooms, which contain
information on services for trafficking victims, including the national
human trafficking hotline number.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that generates $150 billion in
annual profits. In 2021, an estimated 25 million people were trafficked.
The convenience and anonymity of airports makes it convenient for traf-
fickers to move victims.

Because airports are known hubs used to traffic victims both interna-
tionally and domestically, they are an ideal location to provide infor-
mation about victim services. This information can not only inform
victims, but also other travelers about the availability of services.

Many victims are heavily supervised and controlled while in transit,
preventing them from safely seeking help or finding resources without
fear of retaliation or threat. This bill will require operators of
commercial services airports and general aviation airports to post
informational signs or cards in all public restrooms. The signs and
cards must include information on human trafficking services and must
prominently display the national human trafficking hotline number.

Through this legislation, airports can assume a more prominent role in
responding to and preventing human trafficking. It will also afford
victims the tools and resources to hopefully escape their captors.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2021-S8710 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8710
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  information
   concerning  services  for  human  trafficking  victims  in  commercial
   service airports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 14-n to read as follows:
   § 14-N. INFORMATION CONCERNING SERVICES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING  VICTIMS
 IN  COMMERCIAL  SERVICE  AIRPORTS  AND GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS. 1. THE
 OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT  AND THE OPERATOR OF A  GENERAL
 AVIATION  AIRPORT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS, IN PLAIN
 VIEW AND IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE AND MANNER, INFORMATIONAL  CARDS  AND/OR
 SIGNS DEVELOPED BY:
   (A)  THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE NEW YORK STATE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING; OR
   (B) THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
   2. ALL SUCH INFORMATIONAL CARDS AND SIGNS SHALL ONLY CONTAIN  INFORMA-
 TION  CONCERNING SERVICES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS AND SHALL PROMI-
 NENTLY INCLUDE THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
   3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY AIRPORT OPER-
 ATED BY A BI-STATE AUTHORITY.
   4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "AIRPORT" SHALL MEAN AN AREA OF LAND OR WATER USED OR INTENDED TO
 BE USED FOR THE LANDING AND TAKING OFF OF AIRCRAFT, AN APPURTENANT  AREA
 USED  OR  INTENDED  TO  BE  USED  FOR AIRPORT BUILDINGS OR OTHER AIRPORT
 FACILITIES OR RIGHTS  OF  WAY,  AND  AIRPORT  BUILDINGS  AND  FACILITIES
 LOCATED IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS. SUCH TERM SHALL INCLUDE HELIPORTS;
   (B)  "COMMERCIAL  SERVICE  AIRPORT"  SHALL  MEAN A PUBLIC AIRPORT OR A
 PUBLIC-USE AIRPORT IN THE STATE THAT, AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES
 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, HAS AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED  PASSENGER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14913-01-2

 S. 8710                             2
 
 BOARDINGS  EACH  YEAR  AND  IS  RECEIVING  SCHEDULED  PASSENGER AIRCRAFT
 SERVICE;
   (C)  "GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC AIRPORT OR A PUBL-
 IC-USE AIRPORT WITH PASSENGER BOARDINGS IN THE STATE THAT, AS DETERMINED
 BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, EITHER: (I)  DOES  NOT
 HAVE  SCHEDULED  SERVICE;  OR  (II) HAS SCHEDULED SERVICE WITH LESS THAN
 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED PASSENGER BOARDINGS EACH YEAR;
   (D) "PASSENGER BOARDINGS" SHALL MEAN REVENUE  PASSENGER  BOARDINGS  IN
 THE  PRIOR  CALENDAR  YEAR ON AN AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE IN AIR COMMERCE, AS
 THE UNITED STATES  SECRETARY  OF  TRANSPORTATION  DETERMINES,  INCLUDING
 PASSENGERS  WHO  CONTINUE  ON  AN  AIRCRAFT IN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT THAT
 STOPS AT AN AIRPORT IN THE STATE FOR A NONTRAFFIC PURPOSE;
   (E) "PUBLIC AIRPORT" MEANS AN AIRPORT USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED  FOR
 PUBLIC  PURPOSES:  (I) THAT IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE STATE, A COUNTY,
 CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE OR A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY ; AND (II) OF WHICH
 THE AREA USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE  LANDING,  TAKING  OFF,  OR
 SURFACE  MANEUVERING  OF  AIRCRAFT IS PUBLICLY OWNED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY AIRPORT OPERATED BY A BI-STATE  AUTHORI-
 TY; AND
   (F)  "PUBLIC-USE  AIRPORT"  SHALL MEAN AN AIRPORT AVAILABLE FOR USE BY
 THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRIOR APPROVAL  OF  THE
 OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  THEREOF EXCEPT AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR
 REGULATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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